Car-replacer.



A. GVKBLLEY.

CAR RBPLAGER.

APPLIGAI'ION FILED APB. 22. 1909 Y 951,582; Patented Mar. 8, 1910.

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A. C. KBLLEY.

GAR RBPLAGBB.

APPLIUATION FILED Amma, 1909 Patented Mar. 8, 1916.

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\\\\ I full ALBERT C. KELLEY, 0F SLOCOMB, ALABAMA..

CAR-REPLACER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented ltlar. d, will).

Application led April 22, 1909. Serial No. 491,428.

'l'o all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that l, ALBERT C. Kenner, a citizen ot' the United States, residing at Slocomb, in the county of Geneva, State ot' Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Replacersg and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

rllhis invention relates to ear replaeers and its `principal object is to improve the eiieral construction of devices of this c aracter so that cars may be readily and accurately replaced upon the track when they have jumped or run ed of the same.

The invention consists in general of an inside and an outside replacer forming a cooperativepair of devices olf this character, the same being of novel form and construction.

The invention further consists in certain novel details of construction and combinan tions of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accom anying drawings, and specifically set forth 1n the claims.

lin the accompanying drawings, like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views, and :-li`igure l is a top plan view of the inside replacer as constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the outside replacer taken from the side which goes next to the rail.` Fig. 3 is an end View ot the outside replacer, the view being taken from the low or front end. Fig. 4 is `a top plan. view of the outside replacer. Fig. 5 is ay side clevation of the inside replacer taken from the side which goes next to the rail. Fig. 6 is an. end view of the inside replacer taken lrom the low or trent end. Fig. 7 is a bot tom view of the inside replacer, the other being similarly arranged.

The outside replacer comprises a body .l0 provided with a flat bottom whereon is located a proieeting rib of 'l'shape provided with a. head 1l and a stem l2. rllie head l1 extends longitudinally oir the replacer and is ot such length as to tit between a pair ot ties while the stem 12 extends transversely from the head and merges into the bottom. 'l`he bottoni is also provided on one end with a biting lip 13 adapted to engage the material of a tie so that the replacer 1s prevented troni slipping along a rail. The

general contour of the bottom of the replacer comprises a straight side 14 adapted to fit against a rail, an arcuate side l5 meeting the straight side at the rear end of the replacer, and a straight` trout end lG meeting the arcuate and straight sides. said sri-aight- .'t'ront end being the end at which the lip portion 13 is formed. Extending upward from the side lfot the bottom is a plane surface ll' and along the upper portion ot this plane surface is a projecting rib 18 having a dovvn wardly depending lip 19 adapted to engage over the head of a rail. '.lhe outer side of the replacer forms a curved surface 20. The inner replacer-is similarly formed andprovided with similar projections insofar as the bottom and sides are constructed and these parts are numbered in accordance with the parts on the outside replacer.

rlhe top of the outside replacer comprises a main body portion `which is convex in its longitudinal sections at the front end of the replacer and concave in the transverse sections taken at this end. What may be termed the floor of this top merges at the rear end into a llat or plane surface 2l and a second plane surface 22, the latter rising gradually from the first surface so that a flange guidingr rib 23 is formed between the two plane surfaces 2l andQQ, this rib being deeper at its rear than at `its forward end. The con cavo-convex lForward end of this top portion is so formed thaty the outer portion of the concavity forms what is substantially an upwardly extending side wall which merges into a ,slanting side wall 24. From the point at which the plane 22 merges lnto the plane 2l this slanting side wall is provided with a substantially vertical side wall 25 which extends upward from the planel 22 and forms a guide tor the outside of the Wheel so that the flange is properly directed onto the wall Q3.

The inside replacer has its top formed with an arcuate surface 26 the cross sections of which at the front end are straight lines. This arcuate surface is bounded on the outside by a slantiiig side Wall 2l which continues from one end to the other ot the replacer, being concaved at the front end to merge into the surface 26 While at the rear end it is extended down to the bottoni ot the replacer in spaced relation to the plane of the side i7 as indicated at 28. lln the top of the inside replacer is formed a slot 29 which merges into the surface E26 at the trent end lill and terminates at the rear end in an abrupt shoulder 30. This slot 29 is wider at the front end than at the rear so that it forms a slot narrowed laterally from front to rear and deepens vertically in the same direction. In using these devices the rail head of the outside replacer is hooked over the outside of the rail while thatsof the inside replacer is hooked over the other rail so that the replacer dies inside of said rail. By reason of the top surfaces of both ing at their forward ends 1n relatively the planes of the bottoms, the wheels of the derailed car may be moved up the two convexed surfaces. As the outside wheel moves up the outside replacer the concavity of the forward end of that replacer guides the Wheel so that when the latter reaches the planes 21 and 22 the ange of that wheel will strike the wall 23 and be deflected to-v ward the rail. Asthis wall terminates inside of the rail the iange will be carried over the projectin portion 28 and will drop inside of the rai in its proper position. Meanwhile, the other wheel has entered the broadened end of the channel or slot 29, the rim of the wheel riding on the arcuate surface 26 and being guided thereon by the side wall 27. As the slot 26 narrows toward the rear end the flange is held from passing over the rail and as the wheel passes out of the slot 29 the ange will drop between the rail and the surface 28 this insuring the tread of the1 wheel being properly positioned on the ral There have thus been provided simple and eilicient devices of the kind described and `for the purpose specified.

Havingthus described the invention, is claimed as new, is :--v

1. In a device of the kind described, an outside replacer provided with a bottom having means for positioning the replacer on railroad ties, a rail engaging means formed on said replacer and a top surface on said `replacer having a concave and longitudinally convex, said surface merging at the rear into an inclined side wall and a door formed in two vertically displaced planes merging at their forwhat lacers terminan,

front end transversely ward end and separated b an inwardl directed wall increasing in eight from ront to rear and arranged to guide a wheel fiange. In a device of the kind described, an inside replacer provided with a bottom havmg means for positioning the replacer on railroad ties, a rail engaging means formed on said replacer, and a top surface havin a longitudinally convex floor and an inwardly directed side guide wall terminating in an extension adapted to lie adjacent and in spaced relation to a rail, and a channel merging into the door at the front and narrowing and deepening from front to rear to form a flange guide said channel having one of its sides formed by said inwardly directed side guide wall.

3. In a device of the kind described, the combination of an outside replacer provided with a bottom having means for positioning the replacer on railroad ties, a rail engaging means formed on said replacer and a top surface on said replacer having a front end transversely concave and longitudinally con- Vex, said surface merging at the rear into an inclined side Wall and a floor formed in two vertically displaced planes merging at their forward end and separated by an inwardly directed wall increasing in hei ht from front to rear and arranged to gui e a wheel ange; with an inside replacer provided with a bottom having means for positioning the replacer on railroad ties, a rail engaging means formed on said replacer, and a top surface having a longitudinali convex floor and an inwardly directed si e guide wall terminating in an extension adapted to lie adjacent and in spaced relation to a rail, and a channel merging into the floor at the front and narrowing and deepening from front to rear to form a ian e ide said channel having one of its si es ormed by said inwardly directed side guide wall.

In testimony whereof, I atiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT C. KELLEY.

lVitnesses M. T. MILLER,

GEO. H. CHANDLEE. 

